Entries Tagged as 'Mentorship'

By Josh Ferrari I accepted an award last Monday night. My parents spent the afternoon driving up from Deltona, dog in tow, to see me. I briskly walked down the street from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications to meet them when they arrived in Gainesville. After quickly tossing them my apartment […]

My first corporate intern, Necole Merritt, LAGRANT Foundation founder Kim Hunter, Entergy’s Patty Riddlebarger and I discussed mentorship and career advice at Dillard University’s Mentoring Forum this week. LAGRANT scholarship recipient Danielle Miller, a Dillard senior, organized the program attended by nearly 100 students, and she wrote the following guest post. By Danielle Miller NEW […]

Before we get too distracted by the holidays, this is the perfect week to remember and thank those who have been helpful to you and your career. In some cases, they will be surprised by the thought, but you can bet they will be very happy to hear from you. While in Atlanta recently for […]

A lot has been written about what it takes to be a good mentor, so I was pleased to see the Plank Center focus on the mentee side of the relationship in interviews with six impressive communication leaders honored by their peers last week during the sixth annual “Milestones in Mentoring” gala in Chicago. Honorees answered a […]

“Mentoring is really one of the strongest ways to spell success in public relations.” These wise words from the late Betsy Plank, namesake of The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, rang true last night in the “Mentoring Matters” Twitter chat sponsored by the Center. Public relations professionals, educators and students chimed in to […]